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Radio News, Reporting and Production MCM515

LESSON 45

RECAP

What Radio Is:

Meaning-1

The broadcasting of programs

Meaning-2

The process of sending & receiving messages by converting voice into electromagnetic waves

History of Radio

HANS CHRISTEN ORSTED first discovered that electricity and magnet both can attract and repel

objects. It was the 1st step to the present day radio.

Objectives of Broadcasting in Pakistan

Information

Education

Entertainment

Islamic ideology

Ideology of Pakistan

Promotion of culture;

Promotion of regional languages;

National unity

To boost up nation's morale at adverse hours

What news is:

An account of an event.

An account of actual events that change status quo or can do so.

An account of man's changing relationships with others.

News Values

Conflict

Progress

Victory/ defeat

Eminence

Prominence

Timeliness (Immediacy) "now" is more Newsworthy than "yesterday"

Proximity (Nearness) "Local" is more newsworthy than "foreign"

Novelty  Something, strange, amazing.

Elements of news

Accuracy

Meaningful

Interesting

Factuality

Objectivity

Concise

Clear

Comprehensive

Cohesive

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Measuring the importance of News

Intensity

Extensity

Recentness

Consequence

Variety of all

Types of News Stories

1. General News

· Personals & briefs

· Meeting & events

· Speeches

· Publications

· Interviews

2. Simple News

Illness

Deaths

Funeral

Fires & accidents

Crimes

Weather

3. Complex News

Court, trials.

Government & policies

Business & commerce

Industry and labour

Agriculture

Medical & psychology

Science

Religion

4. Special News

Life style

Family

Food

Fashion

Social events

Hobbies

News Sources

Reporters

Newsroom diary

Files

Check calls

Monitoring

Press release

Press conference

News agencies

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Internet

Report

A report is a written or spoken account of an event, to be published or broadcast.

Reporting

News coverage and then writing the news for newspaper, radio, or television is reporting.

Reporter

The journalist who hunts or covers the news and then writes it for the media organization he is working for

is called a reporter.

Types of Reporting

Factual reporting

Interpretative reporting

Investigative reporting

Interview

Interview is an informal conversation with a person in which a reporter asks questions in order to fid out

his/her opinions regarding a certain matter.

Interviewer

The person who asks the questions in an interview is called an interviewer.

Interviewee

The person who answers the questions in an interview

Types of interview

· Hard news.

· Informational.

· Investigative.

· Adversarial.

· Interpretative.

· Personal.

· Emotional.

· Entertainment.

· Actuality.

· Telephone or remote.

· Vox pop & multiple.

· Grabbed.

Production

Production is the process of creating something (film, drama, documentary, musical) with skill and

knowledge.

What is a Program?

A plan of things that will be done or included in the development of something; something that people

watch on TV or listen to on radio is called a program.

Format

Format is the general arrangement, plan or design of a program. The Basic Structure of a Program is its

format.

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Role of a Producer

To conceive, plan, and produce a program is the job description of a producer.

The different formats we studied in this course are as under:

Talk

Feature

Narrative feature

Dramatic feature

Documentary

Drama

Children's programs

Women's programs

Music production

Besides, we have gone through the ethics and the limitations a producer must be careful about while making

programs.

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